The Embankment from Battersea Bridge to A Point Opposite the Southwestern Corner of the Royal Hospital Grounds is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1969. Embankment. 1 related planning application.
The Embankment from Battersea Bridge to A Point Opposite the Southwestern Corner of the Royal Hospital Grounds
- WRENN ID
- rooted-postern-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Constituency
- Chelsea and Fulham MP: Ben Coleman (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 April 1969
- Type
- Embankment
- Address
- The Embankment from Battersea Bridge to A Point Opposite the Southwestern Corner of the Royal Hospital Grounds, Chelsea Embankment Sw3, SW3 5RJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 273 776
- Coordinates
- 51.48307, -0.16797
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Embankment from Battersea Bridge to a point opposite the southwestern corner of the Royal Hospital grounds is a granite esplanade retaining wall built around 1874. It features cast iron lamp posts, numbered up to 64, which stand on the parapet and have decorative feet and shafts. The embankment begins at Battersea Bridge and extends to a location opposite the Chelsea Royal Hospital garden, running along both sides of the Albert Bridge.
Local climate
The Embankment from Battersea Bridge to A Point Opposite the Southwestern Corner of the Royal Hospital Grounds sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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